Bug 2721

Summary:	default host-based access control settings
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	Ciprian Ciubotariu <cheepeero>
Component:	Server/General	Assignee:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status:	RESOLVED MOVED	QA Contact:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	high
Version:	6.8.2
Hardware:	x86 (IA32)
OS:	Linux (All)
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description Ciprian Ciubotariu 2005-03-13 17:26:01 UTC

I'm trying to configure the X server to use host-based access control rules  
from /etc/X0.hosts. The contents is a single line, namely "local:".  
  
After startup the server won't accept seemingly valid connections; I see this  
in the log:  
  
AUDIT: Mon Mar 14 03:05:16 2005: 24265 X: client 30 rejected from local host  
  
Issuing xhost here gives:  
  
access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect  
LOCAL:  
  
After typing "xhost + local:" in a terminal in X the same access rules are  
reported by xhost, only the applications now do work.  
  
What exactly isn't working... I've got "/usr/bin/irexec /etc/lircrc"started 
from an initscript, next when pressing some button the following is executed: 
"/bin/ps -C xawtv && /bin/killall xawtv || /usr/bin/xawtv -f -display :0 &" 
 
Please mail me if you need more info; I won't be monitoring this since I've 
already found a workaround. Also mail me if it gets fixed :-)

Comment 1 Ryan Underwood 2005-06-09 22:30:06 UTC

I ran into this exact problem as well.  Additional to your workaround: if the
server is started with -auth /etc/X0.hosts, then everything works fine. 
Otherwise, X0.hosts is read and LOCAL: is in the xhost list, but it rejects
such connections until it is removed and then re-added using xhost.

Comment 2 Daniel Stone 2007-02-27 01:25:43 UTC

Sorry about the phenomenal bug spam, guys.  Adding xorg-team@ to the QA contact so bugs don't get lost in future.

Comment 3 chemtech 2013-03-15 14:31:53 UTC

Ciprian Ciubotariu 
Do you still experience this issue with newer soft ?
Please check the status of your issue.

Comment 4 debguy 2014-11-28 06:00:24 UTC

http://sourceforge.net/p/xdm-options/

configures xdm and has host based access control and some tips on use of iceauth and xhost

also of running "Xorg -query host", "Xorg -indirect" (phone list of x hosts), and Xnest

really a bug submission site is not a linux forum for common application use chatting

bad enough are all the 100's of bugs submitted that are user error

Comment 5 GitLab Migration User 2018-12-13 22:14:53 UTC

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